FTA proposes rule to establish new safety program

摘要

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) proposed a rule to establish a Public Transportation Safety Program under FTA's new safety oversight authority established by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The proposed rule would create an overall framework for FTA to monitor, oversee and enforce safety in the public transit industry and is based on the principles and practices of Safety Management Systems (SMS). The proposed rule would implement FTA's authority to conduct inspections, audits and examinations; testing of equipment, facilities, rolling stock and the operations of a public transit systems and for FTA to take appropriate enforcement actions, including directing the use or withholding of federal funds and issuing directives and advisories. The rule would establish SMS as the foundation for FTA's safety program, which focuses on organization-wide safety policy and accountability, proactive hazard identification and risk-based decision making.